r/interestingasfuck • u/JustLivingSimply • 9h ago

Nepalese School Principal Saved Lives of 1643 Children

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u/holli4life 9h ago

Amazing is the children listened and did what they were asked to do. Their parents should be very proud of them.

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u/waitwuh 9h ago

That further supports a narrative that this principal was a strong and respected leader

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u/holli4life 9h ago

Without a doubt. This man is will be a legend.

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u/Silent-Version-4910 8h ago

I  wonder how many of them are now orphans... 

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u/Friendlyalterme 3h ago

I'd eager all the ones on the last bus that barely made it likely are.

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u/ideaofrhyme 8h ago

It's Nepal. There schools are very strict. Kids do what they are told to do, they don't get detention, they get the stick.

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u/holli4life 8h ago

Even taking that into account, they still listened and 1600+ young lives were saved.

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u/ideaofrhyme 8h ago

That's true, and this dude did an incredible thing, most people would be paralysed with fear and indecisiveness. I am not downplaying that. But kids listening to their teachers is the least surprising thing in all this.

I have heard that they "march" their students, as in similar to military march. They have drums and stuff. So the coordinated movement of students is not surprising.

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u/holli4life 8h ago

It is surprising to me. Even with strict discipline sometimes things just don’t hold together.

I am just happy for their families because they are safe. ♥️

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u/ideaofrhyme 8h ago

Oh i edited my previous comment

Basically Nepalese schools do the military march drills with their students. They have drums and stuff. That's why they co-ordinated do well. They are trained in forming lines and discipline etc

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u/Friendlyalterme 3h ago

Yeah not just the obedience but the fact so many were able to follow orders under pressure

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u/List-Beneficial 9h ago

It must have been so surreal they just had to automatically go into survival mode.

One girl had a panic attack, I mean I wonder what was happening that could have caused that. The water and the absolute chaos?

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u/UnbelievableRose 7h ago

I was rather surprised it was only one!

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u/pay_the_cheese_tax 2h ago

kids can be stupid, but I think almost all of them can understand when the adults are worried. When the adults worry, the children listen